Iowa Old Press

Davenport Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Dec 14, 1900

BUFFALO
     Buffalo, Dec. 12- A.H. Dorman has gone to Evansville, Ind., to post up
on the stone business. Mr. Dorman expects to accept a position as traveling
salesman for an Evansville stone factory. His territory will be over the
good state of Iowa...The Buffalo Literary Society held its first debate in
the last room of the new school house Tuesday night...The quarantine on
account of diphtheria at the Moorehead home has been raised and the family
are therefore able to go about again in the usual manner. The quarantine at
the home of Charles Frank will be raised next Sunday, and that of the Wrage
family in about 10 days. No new cases have been reported so far. Our doctors
have been very successful in not losing any because of the disease...Our
neighbors over in Andalusia are experiencing considerable difficulty in
crossing the river on account of the floating ice...Elwood Cook has gone to
What Cheer where he has accepted a position for the winter months...The
proprietors of the button factory are today weighing several thousand pounds
of blanks preparatory to making a big shipment to New York.

TURNER MEETING
IT HOLDS ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
THE MINUTES OF THE SESSION

     The regular monthly meeting of the Davenport Turngemeinde was held last
night. Ed Lischer presided, and every seat in teh assembly hall was taken.
     The committee on the fall Schauturn reported a balance of $99.23 from
the event.
     The report was received with thanks.
     Turner Wahle tendered to the society ten shares of Turner stock valued
at $250, which he gave under condition that five children be given Turner
instructions free of charge in perpetuum.

The New Members
     There were initiated into the Davenport Turner Society last night the
following:
     By handshake- John C.Grabbe, A. Hartwig, George W. Thoem, W.D. Smith,
W.H. Keever, and Julius Werner.
     With pass- Wm. Strohbehn, Walter Schmidt and Wm. Paarmann.

The Lodge of Sorrow
     The deceased Turners, A.J. Lerch and Gus Beuck were given tributes of
respect by Gustav Donald, in the lodge of sorrow, which followed the regular
meeting.

The Christmas Committee
     The chairman and officers of the Christmas tree celebration committee
was appointed as follows:
     Christ Neimand, chairman; Henry Kurmeier, Henry Eitzen, Albert Rieche,
Theo Falk, Peter G. Meier and Henry Korn.

FOUNDATIONS OF SCOTT COUNTY.
WINFIELD TOWNSHIP. THE TOWN OF LONG GROVE.
The Rise and Fall of Point Pleasant Postoffice--On the Old Stage Route to
DeWitt and Dubuque.
By F.J.B. Huot.

Long Grove Station.

     With the advent of the Davenport and St. Paul road, now the C.M. & St.
P. road, Winfield township experienced quite a boom. One branch of the
railway enters the township on section 2, where it crosses the Wapsipinnecon
river. The other branch enters on section 32 and leaves on section 31. The
first is the Maquoketa branch which passes through Long Grove and Noel's
Station, while the last named branch is the main line which leaves the town
of Eldridge for Dixon, and the great north and northwest.
     The village of Long Grove became existant in 1870 at the time the C.M.
& St. P. road forged its way from Eldridge, the boom city, where the
company's shops were first established, towards the Wapsipinnecon river and
Clinton and Jackson counties. The town has never been platted. A postoffice
was located there since 1879. Today there are two saloons, several general
stores, a shoe shop, carpenter shop, several blacksmith shops, stock yards,
an elevator, a lumber yard, one school house, a Christian church, and a
creamery.
     In the village to the south is the cemetery, wherein lies the body of a
brother of Hon. W.F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," who lost his life in a horse race
near the Pease corner on the Dubuque road, during the boyhood days of the
celebrated scout.
     There is one other cemetery in the township and that is adjoining the
St. Anne's Catholic church on the east. In these two necropoli are interred
bodies of many of the Winfield township pioneers.

Noel's Station.

     John T. Noel located on 580 acres of Wapsi land, his father's heritage,
in 1869. This is on sections 10, 11 and 3, in Winfield township. In 1870 he
removed to Davenport, but in 1875 returned to farming. In the middle '80s he
prevailed upon the C.M. & St. P. authorities to halt trains at his farm,
which is adjacent to section 2, on which that road makes its exit over the
long bridge which crosses the Wapsie river. The B., C.R. & N. road also
parallels the Wapsie at Noel's Station coming westward from the Gambril
station and McCausland.
     This agreement created the station of Noel, the last Scott county
stopping place on the C.M. & St. P., between Davenport and DeWitt. Noel
station is a postoffice boasts of a...[ cannot read line]...several corn
cribs. It is wholly located upon the estate of John T. Noel.

Long Grove Brick Yard.

     The geological features of Winfield township are mediocre. The Wapsie
is sandy, and near Long Grove quite an excellent quality of clay is found,
which in the late half a dozen years has been moulded and burned into paving
and building brick, tile, etc. This is the chief industry at the Grove.
While the plant cannot compare with those at LeClaire, or rater the Tile
Works station, or at Buffalo, its product is commanding a ready sale, and
the plant is in continuous operation. Considerable drain tile is burned
which the farmers thereabouts purchase in large quantities. The brick works
are situated south of the village along the C.M. & St. P. railway company.

The Classic Wapsie.

     The Wapsipinnecon river, which bounds Winfield township on the north is
very erratic, and probably is the wildest north of the St. Anne's church,
and between that point and the Dubuque road. The river takes its rise near
the source of the Cedar river, and runs parallel and near to it throughout
its entire course. From the source of the Cedar river to the northeastern
part of Linn county, it flows over the Devonian formation, while from there
to the Mississippi near Camanche, Ia., it flows over Niagara limestone. Its
length is 100 miles, and it drains all territory from twelve to twenty miles
in width.

On the Old Stage Route.

     The grove in which the Brownlies settled lay on the old stage coach
route between Davenport and Dubuque, leading to the fords of the Wapsie.
This route must not be confused with the Dubuque road, which today is the
continuation of the Brady street road, and passing through Gambril and over
the Wapsie into DeWitt a mile or so east of Long Grove. This old stage route
passed the door of the Brownlies, who were ever hospitable, and who never
allowed the traveler to go away hungered from their doors. Long Grove, which
came into existence with the arrival of the railroad, lies close by the
Brownlies home, and is directly on the old stage coach route.
     The "Grove", as the station is commonly called, boasts of a hall, and
of a Woodmen of the World camp, which is in a flourishing condition. The
creamery in the village is being operated upon a co-operative plan and is
remunerative.

Point Pleasant.

     In 1839, as before stated, John Quinn laid out a town on the
Wapsipinnecon river on sections 4 and 5, which he called Point Pleasant.
A.T. Russell, at that time county surveyor, did the platting and
cross-sectioning. The town boasted of a postoffice and general store. Mr.
Quinn was postmaster and merchant.
     Those were the good days when everybody was honest. No one thought of
locking his doors. Mr. Quinn was often away from home, but that did not
matter. He left his postoffice open and everyone could wait on themselves,
could take mail out of the box, or place some, there depositing the amount
of the postage in the same letter box. No one ever cheated the postmaster.
There was no quarrelling, no enmities, no animosities, and no
double-dealing. Hospitality was a virtue practiced by all and the stranger
was given a hearty welcome at every door.
     But "Point Pleasant" did not long survive. She lapsed before long, and
all that marks her site today is a field of cornstalks from which the golden
ears, and the burning pumpkins have been harvested.
     The nearest grist mill in those days was at Pleasant Valley city,
before alluded to. Another mill  was at Rockingham and still another at the
mouth of Pine Creek in Muscatine county. Corn meal ground in a coffee mill,
"samp" or hominy and other corn products comprised the cereal or breadstuffs
of the pioneers.

The Walnut Grove Miller.

     In 1840 George Dailey built a grist mill on a little creek north of
Walnut Grove. Alexander Brownlie, who was a stone mason, hewed the upper and
nether mill-stones from a piece of bowlder found in the neighborhood. This
primitive mill made a good quality of flour, but it was very slow in
operation, and its patronage was immense. The wheel has long since been
idle, but the memory of the "Honest Miller" as Daddy Dailey was called, is
still extant.
Sawed Lumber by Hand.
     Alexander and James Brownlie built their log homes at the edge of a
grove (now Long Grove) and began to manufacture hardwood lumber. A whip-saw
operated vertically by hand was employed. The log rolled upon a platform
beneath which one man stood, while the other sawyer was above. The saw was
then operated laboriously through the length of the log. Lumber was then
worth $40 per thousand feet in Davenport and the Brownlies were able to
supply not only their own wants, but also those of their neighbors.

Educational Notes.

     Winfield township has two school houses, which are independent. One is
Long Grove School No. 1, valued at less than $1,000, and Winfield School No.
2, said to be worth at least $1,000. Both are of frame. Two sub-district
school houses, each valued at about $500 also exist.

Has Two Churches.

     Besides the Christian church, which is located in Long Grove, and which
is 40x50 feet in size, erected in 1860 at a cost of about $1,000, Winfield
township boasts a Catholic church, St. Anne's located on section 14. This is
a pretty little place of worship nestling among well kept trees, which form
a shaded avenue leading to it from the road. It has a steeple, and a seating
capacity of some 200. Services are held every Sunday morning alternating at
8 and 11 o'clock respectively. Rev. Martin McNamara is present pastor. The
congregation is in a flourishing condition.

The Three Groves.

     There are three groves in Winfield township. The principal is Long
Grove, adjacent to the sections occupied by the Brownlies. Next comes Walnut
Grove, so named from the character of the trees, situated north of Long
Grove, and lastly, Maple Grove, lying along the C.M. & St. P. tracks,
something like a mile above Long Grove station. Each of these groves are
veritable beauty spots. However, the names of Long Grove and Walnut Grove
are the most distinctive.


    Coeval with the erection of Allen's Grove township was that of Winfield
township, which was first settled in 1836 by the brothers Quinn, William and
John, who located claims in that year on sections 5 and 9 and erected log
houses thereon. Later came Joseph and James Quinn, brothers of William and
John Quinn.
     The Quinns were the original settlers, but neither of the four brothers
survive. The families, or descendants of William and Joseph, however, reside
in the county.
     John Quinn opened a farm in section 9 in 1836. He came from Ohio and
made many improvements on his section. In 1839 he laid out the village of
Point Pleasant and became its postmaster. In 1849 he removed to California,
going overland with the argonauts in that year. William Quinn, his brother,
resided in the township until 1880, when he died.
First Called Quinn Township.
     When first erected Winfield township was called "Quinn Township," but
this was solely a cognomen applied by the residents of the same. The name of
the county was "Scott" and the organizers of the township determined to
christen it "Winfield" after the Christian name of the staunch old fighter,
General Winfield Scott, who negotiated the Black Hawk treaty in 1833, just
three years prior to the advent of the Quinns to sections 5 and 9.
The Settlers of 1841.
     Besides the four Quinn brothers, William, John, Joseph, and James,
there were eighteen other pioneers in the township. Chief among these were
the Brownlie brothers, who came from Old Scotland to Canada and from there
to the township. These were James, the well known Christian church pastor;
Alexander, who afterwards moved to Poweshiek county, and Robert and William
Brownlie, deceased. A.D. Brownlie, the well known Scott county resident, is
a son of Alexander Brownlie, who moved into Poweshiek county.
     Beside the Brownlie Bros., there were resident in the township in that
year a Virginian, named Norman, who settled where Point Pleasant was later
located; Samuel Freeman who afterwards moved into what is now Hickory Grove
township; Robert Waterhouse, who later crossed the Wapsipinnecon into
Clinton county, and located at DeWitt, in that county-(a city, by the way,
named after DeWitt Clinton, the celebrated historical character in the early
part of this lapsing century); Henry Lea and Albert Lea, both Canadians, who
came with the Brownlies, entered and returned to the Dominion in 1845;
George Ellis, a blacksmith; Isaac Swim, who later moved into Princeton
township; a Mr. Martin, who moved into Butler township; Charles Elder, of
Pennsylvania, Leonard Cooper; Mrs. Arable, who later went to live at
Cascade, Ia.; and Elihu Alvord, who settled afterwards in Pleasant Valley
township and became the progenitor of the Alvord family of that place. Mr.
Alvord was a Connecticut gentleman.
     It might be said here that James and William Quinn removed to Mahaska
county, while John, who founded "Point Pleasant" on the old stage coach
road, got the gold fever and went to California. Joseph Quinn finally
settled at Linn Grove.
First Things in Township.
    The first town was platted in Winfield township by John Quinn in 1839.
It was named "Point Pleasant" and was made a postoffice.
     In 1841 the first school was taught in the township by Dominick
Kennedy. This was a private school, those sending children paying the
tuition for the same.
     The first church erected outside of Davenport was located in Winfield
township. It was a log house, and was used by the Disciples for Christian
congregation.
     The first religious services were held in 1838 at the house of James
Brownlie. Mr. Brownlie officiated as the clergyman on the occasion.
     In 1849 Hannah Alvord taught school in this log church, which was used
by the Christian congregation.
     The first blacksmith in the township was George Ellis, who in 1844
opened a shop at Point Pleasant.

Davenport Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Monday, Dec. 17, 1900

IN SHANTY TOWN
Cabin Boat Population Becoming Troublesome
ONE CONTINGENT BOUND OVER
Ed Meckum, a Ne'er-do-well, Given a Dose in Police Magistrate Finger's
Court.

     The area of Hall's island in the rear of the Glucose plant is covered
with shanty boats, and the population is becoming very troublesome to the
police officers. These folks live partly on the land and partly on the
water, and live by hook and by crook.
     This island is owned by Captain Hall, and the D.R.I. & N.W. Railroad
company has secured a 99 years' lease upon the island and is tolerating the
colonization of the same by these nomads. A permit so says Chief Kessler,
has already been issued by the company to certain parties to erect buildings
and establish cabin, or shanty boats upon the island.
     "There is a sad case which came to light within the past few days,"
said the chief. A party named Ed Meckum, who is a ne'er-do-well, and who
came here from Clinton last fall, was arrested by Officer Huber on the
charge of forgery. The man lives in a shanty boat and has a brisk little
woman who does her might to shod and clothe her children, while her
worthless husband lies about the boat and the island habitually in an
intoxicated condition.
     "His children are forced to peddle matches, soap, etc. to keep body and
mind together. The conditions are the most squalid in that same shanty boat
and such a father and husband deserves to be bound over to the grand jury.
     "We must get rid of these parasites who are a menace to the good order
of the west end of the city," continued the chief." Captain Hall owns the
island, but he has leased it for 99 years to the railroad company. Hence the
city is powerless to do anything in the matter unless the railroad company
agrees to get rid of its own leased property from these wanderers who appear
to have no available occupation and no steady means of support."

Meckum Interviewed.

     Meckum, who is an unkempt individual, was interviewed in his cell by
one of The Times reporters. He stated that he came here from Clinton and
inhabits a cabin boat in the rear of the Glucose plant.
     "I gather rags for a living," said he. "I came up town to get some
tobacco and when I got home my wife and two children had skipped out and
gone to her mother's. My wife's maiden name was Hanna, but she also went by
the name of Wilson. I have done nothing for which I should be arrested."
     Magistrate Finger, under the advice of the county attorney, bound
Meckum over to the January grand jury, under penal bonds of $200.
     Meantime an effort will be made to purify the atmosphere of Hall's
island which, if allowed to become more and more impure, will threaten the
moral well being of the western end of the city.
     According to Chief Kessler, the man who secured a permit to erect a
house on the island from the new railroad company is named Smith. He is one
of the better classes of residents on that tract.

LIFE'S DARK PAGE
Davenport Has Less Than a Dozen Murders in History
NEVER A BANK ROBBERY NOTED
Record from 1839 to the New Century-The Citizenship and the Police Credited.

     Davenport has been a rather unimportant city so far as criminal cases
are concerned. Never in its history have there been any bank robberies. The
criminology is rather slight as compared with that of other cities.
Davenport is much better than Dubuque in this respect, and Dubuque was the
capital of a county before Davenport was dreamed of, or at least before it
was incorporated. Sioux City was then a muddy bank on the Missouri, and
"Flint Hills," now Burlington, was just growing into the semblance of a
village.
     There have been less than a score of murders in the history of our
city. No banks have been robbed here, and burglaries of importance have been
scarce and far between.

The Credit Accorded.
     The credit for this state of affairs must be accorded first to good
citizenship and second, to the police force, which is vigilant and
efficient.
     It may be said that the local department has always shown itself to be
capable of handling the largest crowds and of taking care of the property of
residents during down periods of congestion down town.
     Concerning the criminology of this city and other matters pertinent,
thereto the following may be noticed, having been compiled as a continuation
of the police department feature in Saturday's paper:

Murders in Local History.
     Since 1839 the following records of murders have been filled out and
these form the dark deeds in the criminology of the city of Davenport:
     On Monday, May 15, 1854, the body of a German, which was not
identified, was found lying in the middle of Fourth street, stabbed through
the heart. The murderer was never captured.
     On Sunday, Oct. 8, 1854, Thomas Pritchard was murdered by a negro named
Charles Beever, who stabbed him twice in the breast. This happened in the
lower end of the city. Beever and two accomplices were arrested. It was a
dance house quarrel.
     On Sunday night, Oct. 23, 1859, Henry Stoddard created a "rough house"
in M. Weidemann's saloon. The proprietor put him out. Stoddard drew a knife
and stabbed a party named William Heirig, who died of his injuries six days
later. Stoddard escaped.
     On Aug. 21, 1870, a German woman named Koenig, living near second and
Warren streets, murdered her two children, a boy and a girl, and then
drowned herself in an adjacent well.
     On Oct. 14, 1871, Dr. George W. Lyon was stabbed in the abdomen by a
poor demented creature, who was later sent to the asylum. The doctor's
abdomen was ripped open and he died shortly afterwards. The quarrel was over
a dog, which the demented assailant alleged the doctor had poisoned. Both
were neighbors residing on East Seventh street.
     On Aug. 12, 1873, Joseph Wilson, a colored man, was shot on West Fourth
street near Harrison street by James Messenger. Officers Niles and Feld
arrested Messenger on the charge of murder and the grand jury indicted him.
     On Friday night, Sept. 5, 1873, a party from Alpha, Ill. identified as
Robert McQuestian knocked at the door of a Mr. Fox, who lived on Eighteenth
and Brady streets, and begged to be let in. He said he had been attending
the Scott county fair, which in those years was annually held at the grounds
where Central park now is. He complained of having been in a fight, of
having been kicked in the stomach, and been robbed. He died that same night.
Officers Feld and Maguire worked on the case, but could discover no clue as
to the assailant of the dead man.
     On April 27, 1874, Fritz Dinkel murdered his wife by stabbing her in
the breast with a butcher knife.
     On May 10, 1880, a saloonkeeper named Fred Bahl shot Frank McLaughlin
to death on West Fifth street. Bahl was arrested and acquitted at the trial.
     The murder of Claus Behrens by his wife, Christine Behrens, who fed him
Paris green and for which crime she was sentenced to the Anamosa
penitentiary for life, and the murder of Bill Miller, a negro, by Charles
Stegel near the old Pennsylvania house on Third and Iowa streets, are recent
history. Stegall was also found guilty and is now serving a life sentence.
The Schulz murder and suicide on Brady street several years ago must also be
included in the tragedies of note.
     Two other mysterious deaths are also among the records.



Banner Year of Crime.
     During the year 1869 the department was kept busy inquiring into the
wherefore of incendiary fires. On April 9, 1869, the John L. Davies plant,
then located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Harrison, was destroyed
by fire with a loss of $20,000. The origin of the fire was due to
incendiarism.
     On Nov. 11, 1869, the Democratic building was fired and damages to the
sum of $1,600 sustained. The origin also was incendiarism.
     On April 15, 1870, an attempt was made to destroy the City Flouring
mills. The damage was $1,100. Also incendiarism.
     On Feb. 26, 1870, some persons entered the Kuepper & Schlapp brewery in
East Davenport, and bored holes...[missing line], and creating $10,000 worth
of damage,. This was almost an unparalleled act of vandelism [sic].
Other Police Records
     On March 6, 1856, there was  a bold robbery of boots and shoes from the
store of Moore & Brown. No arrests were made.
    On Jan. 15, 1869, a woman was arrested with over $3,000 in counterfeit
money in her possession. She was turned over to the federal authorities.
     On Jan. 31, 1869, the jewelry store of Archibald Corkern was entered
and jewels and money taken to the amount of $1,600.
     On Jan. 28, 1871, the store of A.S. Alston was entered and $2,000 worth
of silks and velvets were taken. This is the chief silk robbery in the city
prior to the recent operation of the ubiquitious silk thieves at the Boston
store here.
     On Feb. 5, 1874, the police captured T.S. Egglesht of the firm of T.S.
Egglesht & Co, who was convicted of having swindled three banks out of
$15,000.

No Banks Were Robbed.
     Davenport's police record does not show a single bank robbery or any
defaulting officer connected with any of our monetary institutions. This is
an enviable record, the more so since Davenport has the distinction of
having the first national bank ever organized in the United States. This is
certainly something of which we may be proud.
     In this connection it might be noticed that several of the banks in the
city are provided with an automatic burglar alarm which notifies the station
instanter. This affords the perfect safety.

Neat Case of Detective Work.
     Among the remarkable cases of detective work on the part of the police
one case may be noticed. It is that of the arrest of a hackman for the
attempted murder and the burglary of the home of Rev. Henry Cosgrove, now
the Catholic bishop of Davenport. This happened during the night of March
30, 1877, after the observance of the Devotion of the Forty Hours. The
hackman suspecting that there was money in the house, effected and entrance,
and with a revolver demanded of Rev. Cosgrove the key of the safe. This was
refused; whereupon the burglar shot, but providentially missed the reverend
gentleman. On April 6, Loftus Keating, a detective, captured the criminal
after shadowing him to St. Louis. The congregation paid a reward of $2,000
for his conviction. The perpetrator was given a sentence in the penitentiary
but was finally pardoned through the efforts of his would-be victim. There
was practically no clue upon which the sagacious detective could work and
yet in the space of a week he had his man behind bars.

In Handling Large Crowds.
     The police have been very fortunate in handling large crowds, such as
congest on circus days, and such other ones as marked on June 5, 1854, the
visit of ex-President Millard Fillmore, after whom one of our city streets
has been named in honor; of William Jennings Bryan, the presidential nominee
in 1896 at the Perry street depot; of the departure of Company B for Camp
Cuba Libre; of the great Saengerfest of 1898; of the K. of P. and Masonic
reunions, and lastly of the Theodore Roosevelt meeting this summer. There
have been no one hurt at these meetings, thanks to the good order preserved
by a tireless and well drilled police force.

LONG GROVE.
     Long Grove, Ia., Dec. 14- The Long Grove camp of the W.O.W. will give
an oyster supper and entertainment at the hall Tuesday evening, Dec. 18.
After the program there will be a dance...J.G. Evans made a trip to LeClaire
Friday...About 15 of the boys went to Eldridge Wednesday evening, where they
were met by about 20 of the Oriental Lodge of Wheatland, who initiated the
boys into the mysteries of the order...R.K. Brownlie had a team run away.
Fortunately the horses were stopped before much damage was done.

TIPTON [Cedar Co.]
     Tipton, Ia., Dec. 15- Thomas Matthews was buried last Thursday. He was
one of the Cedar counties early settlers, living south of Tipton on a farm,
and had the honor and respect from all his neighbors. He lived a temperate
life to the ripe old age of eighty three or four...The man who is to hunt up
taxable property that is not now assessed as the law provides, is at work in
Cedar county, and will thoroughly inspect the records. His name is Captain
Worthington, a solider in the Philippine war...Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Staggs
expect to go into housekeeping very soon in the Cousins house on North Cedar
street...George Wingart has rented his farm and will go to Cedar Rapids to
live.

THE STEINMUELLER FUNERAL
It Was Held From Undertaker's Under Fraternity Auspices.

     The funeral of the late William Steinmueller who died suddently during
the early morning of last Friday, was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The obsequies were held under K. of P. auspices, Lodge No. 50 being in
attendance in a body, and also under the auspices of teh Davenport
Turngemeinde, of which the deceased was a member. The interment was made at
the city cemetery.

CUMBERLAND GUN CLUB MEETS
Rose Hill Aggregation Meet and Select Officers for Ensuing Year.
     The Cumberland Gun club, which is a flourishing trap and target
organization of the west end of the city, owning its own range on Rose Hill
in Blackhawk, at its recently held annual meeting, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
     President-William Brehmer.
     Vice President- Theodore Wilckens.
     Secretary-Ignatz Schmidt.
     Assistant Secretary-Charles Kessler.
     Treasurer-Henry Reimer.
     Field Marshal-William Fleming.
     Assistant Field Marshal-Andrew Keller.
     Executive Committee- Paul Ingwers, William Flemming, Edward Brehmer,
John Spiel and H.N. Boy.
     Trap Puller-William Dunker.
     Scorer-Frank Connell.

C.N. NEWCOMB BUYS RESIDENCE.
Old Henry Ochs Home on East Sixth Street is Conveyed.
     Sarah Ochs has conveyed to C.N. Newcomb, the ex-loom manufacturer, a
piece of residence property situated on the south side of Sixth street
between Perry and Rock Island streets, and known as No. 207 East Sixth
street, for the consideration of $3,200. This means that Mr. Newcomb will
remain in the city.

[Transcribed by C.J.L.]